Senate roll call 45 · 39th Congress · Mar 2, 1866
To amend a h. C. Resolution regarding representation in Congress by changing the recital in the resolution from "the states that were in rebellion" to "the inha
On Mar 2, 1866, the Senate voted 17–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–27, Democrats 10–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 2, 1866
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 27 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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